Will the Quanta (in Quanta? The dots with represent NPC's) physicalize the NPC's, when in the field of view of a player (which means that if you wait at a spaceport, you will see real NPC's come and go and all being physicalized, without any fudging).asked by Typhi

When we were trying to name this simulation, we decided on Quantum because of the similarities between this and Quantum mechanics.
Quanta don't represent the actual NPCs that you'll interact with--most of the time. Only when a player triggers the probabilistic chance to encounter an NPC given the density of Quanta in an area will an NPC be spawned for the player to see and interact with. Up until that point, the Quanta only add to the aggregate behavior informing Probability Volumes.
Things that actually bring Quanta into existence are things like spawning Service Beacons, attacking players, answering calls from players, etc.